Salvatore Nesci, chief public health sanitarian and office manager for the Middletown Health Department, worked as the mock operations section chief for the drill. "It went very well; everything has been very organized," he said. Nesci said his job as operations chief is to oversee many departments."I haven't had to leave my chair all day," he said."This is a great testament to the good work the volunteers are doing."Nesci said many people stood to learn from the drill and, based on a previous, similar drill that indicated a lack in communication skills between agencies and officers, Nesci said, "The communication needed to be improved ... with this drill we have surpassed our expectations."

Salvatore Nesci, chief public health sanitarian and office manager for the Middletown Health Department, wants to see more people involved in the exercise."The message is, this is helping us in case of a real emergency ... (the public) is helping us in case the real thing happens," Nesci said.Nesci compared the flu clinic to election day and asserted this drill is a civic duty.

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Nesci says this is because Middletown has the largest full-time health department and because of the central location of the city.